Curriculum Vitae
Quelvina Maria Fortes
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Quelvina Maria Fortes
Citation names
- Fortes, Quelvina
- Fortes, Q
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 9716-B98E-AEC2
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3471-8825
Websites
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/quelvina-fortes/ (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering
- Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Forestry
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
- Social Sciences - Educational Sciences - Education, General
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| Creole and Pidgin, Portuguese-based (Other) (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2026/05/04
Ongoing
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Uso Sustentável da Terra (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
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2021 - 2023
Concluded
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Technician in Occupational Safety and Health (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Safety technician
Alamedas Office - Consultadoria e Formação, Portugal
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2022 - 2022
Concluded
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Training in nematodology (Outros)
University of Évora Laboratório de Nematologia, Portugal
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal |
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2017 - 2019
Concluded
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Environmental Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Environmental Systems Engineering
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
""Avaliação das estratégias para aumento da redução e deposição seletiva das embalagens no Campus da FCT NOVA"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2016 - 2016
Concluded
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Curricular Internship - (Outros)
Major in Nature conservation
Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Portugal
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/10 - Current | Forests and the mitigating of climate change in the Tropics - The case of Cape Verde Islands
PRT/BD/154688/2022
PhD Student Fellow
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Ongoing
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| 2024 - 2025/07 | Assessment of climatic variation and biological disturbances along altitudinal gradients in pine forests using dendrochronological
series
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Research Fellow
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| 2022/01 - 2023/01 | PineChem - Pine host chemistry and environmental factors driving the epidemiology of the pinewood nematode PTDC/ASP-SIL/29774/2017
PTDC/ASP-SIL/29774/2017
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2016/01/01 - 2016/06/01 | Elaboration of a flora herbarium of the dune systems of the Setúbal Peninsula, identification of the plants
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Scholarship holder
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2020 - 2021 | Reborn from Ashes - Zero
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Support
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| 2020 - 2021 | ClimPest - Climate change and its impact on coastal pine forests in west Portugal: the case of two recently emerged pests
PTDC/BIA-ECO/31655/2017.
PTDC/BIA-ECO/31655/2017
Support
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2017/04/24 - 2019/04/24 | EXPO FCT NOVA provides an excellent opportunity to clarify doubts and have a close contact with the university reality of
one of the largest and most prestigious schools of Science and Engineering in the country. (2019/04/24 - 2019/04/24)
Other
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Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/02/27 - 2023/03/01 | Delegate at World Ocean Summit & Expo. | 10th annual World Ocean Summit |
| 2022 - 2022 | The analysis is part of the "1st assessment on the Economy of Well-Being in Portugal" that the association presented this
Monday, based on the analysis of indicators on eight axes considered strategic: organization of society, education and training;
economy; work; health; energy, buildings and mobility; natural resources and territory and financial instruments.
Seminar
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| 2021/08/18 - 2021/08/19 | Blue Bio Value is dedicated to bringing ocean-based, sustainable solutions to a new, blue bioeconomy. Via our two programs,
Acceleration and Ideation, we scale up marine bio-based projects and ideas, fostering science-based and biotech innovations
to design a better world.
Call
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BlueBioValue
Building Global Innovators SA, Portugal
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| 2020/05/27 - 2020/05/27 | A seminar that gives an overview of the role of natural products in our daily lives with an emphasis on sustainability and
strategies to advance the research of natural products for global health in the future.
Seminar
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Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2019 - 2019 | Technological marathon conceived by the CiiA and the United Nations Global Compact, around the challenges associated with
the implementation of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
Call
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INOVATHON - Ocean Edition
Centro de Engenharia e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
United Nations Global Compact, United States |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2022/09 - Current | Cape Verdean Network of Human Rights Defenders (RECADDH), a civil society organization in Cape Verde designed to protect and advocate for the rights of human rights defenders and fundamental freedoms. | Human Rights Activist |
| 2022 - Current | Zero - Association with the objective of sustainable development in Portugal. | Associate |
| 2022/01 - 2030 | Talent Bootcamp (MAGMA STUDIO) - jury, my role is to identify and promote promising young talent. I leverage my expertise and knowledge to evaluate participants, providing constructive feedback and helping them establish strategic connections with companies across various industries. | Jury |
| 2013/10/17 - 2026 | FACIT - Solidarity Association of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT/NOVA), created in May 2006. | Collaborator |
Distinctions
Award
| 2023 | Fulbright Scholarship
Fulbright Portugal, Portugal
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| 2022 | Web Summit Scholarship |
| 2019 | Second place in the contest - Separa e Ganha no Amarelo e Azul - Amarsul |
| 2019 | First place at regional level (Lisbon) - Novo Verde Packaging Universities Award |
Other distinction
| 2022 | SheLEADS X-PERIENCE - Afropreneurs by Djassi Africa |